Railway-tie and rail-fastener.



El. lia, BSRQUIST- mmm? ND RAIL :FASTENERf APILKGATON EILED MAR. f1, 19M.

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Specincaton of Lettere 'Eat-cnt.

Application tiled Merch e, wie. Seriec. Slroo.

yanew and improved RailwayTie and Rail- Fastener, of which the following 'is a full. lclear, and exact description.

Objects of my invention are to provide an etiicient rail fastening means invo ving; simple elements that will not loe liable to become loose as are rail spikes of the usual torni; to provide a rail fastening means that may be quickly and conveniently applied to the rails and ties, 'and as readily removed when. required, andto provide a fastening means having the required strength to withstand the strains of use, while at the same time involving a minimum cost.

The invcntien resides innovel rail-enge ingdeviees, and eoaeting elements A`asso ated with the railway ties for retainingf the said rail-engaging devices.

The 1nvent1on will be particularly i 1 plained in the specific description following.

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lle't'erenee is to be had to the accom ingdrawings forming a part of thist fication, in which similar characters oi rei erence indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan view showing the invention applied to a tie and rails; Fig'. 2 is sido view with parts in transverse vertical section; Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section and partly inelevatiomthe view oeingz; taken atright angles to Fig. 2, and showing' a slight modiication in the railengaging devices; Fie. ,4 is a perspective View of one of the clamps to retain the railengaging devices; Fie'. 5 is a perspective view of one of the rail-engaging devices; and Fig. l5 is a view similar to Fig. 5, lont showing a slight modification.

The invention is more particularly intended for use in connection with a metallic railway tie l0, U-shaped or channeled .in cross section. `Wood blocks 11 are received in the/tie 1G, and onsaid blocks the rails seat. The fastening means for the rails in clude rail-engaging elements comprisingy heads lll which overlie the rail flanges and Shanks 13. lhe Shanks 13 taper upwardly in the directionY of the heads 14, the taper being; preferably produced by a gradual iii-- crease of width ci the shank in a. directimi late-rally to the direction of the heads le,

v#side or thereby pre. the gradna n ie in a direction inwardly `pelin vi350 poen-e the i pefperoicnlar to the "l lint agaii'iet a sid l i :i snit being that one 'face the shanh' nill lie against anni ee 'parallel with. the side of 'he tie. while the opposite to taper in an upward head i4.

ln connection with. the shank. l?) olf the raihengaging device, clamps l5 for retaining the shrinks are provided. in the term oi plates adapted to .lie against oppositesidee et the tie l0. holt holes le being; provided to receive transverse bolts 1"? having nnte e oppos iii the 'me t outer edge 1eerdell direction tower t no that ere held n the :ide of a raih and engagea an adjace e rail-engaging device-e. l" g. l. the cling: g'ilatesy have three-ei sockets le", open at 'top and bottom and at the inner eides. The outer Vwall l5 cli each socket 15a bevel 'l an that the .sock

taper in an upward direction and tiere down I wardly to correspond with the tapered form of the shanls n ily the deerihed construction it will he clear that any indiv-ard pnl-.l of the rail l?, lne to the parssing nii a. train. will be resisted by the heads of the and the tapes. e elia-alte and sockets l5 will elle i, prevent the up ward niovenier-i. or vlofnsening,"' el 'the rallengagi devices it will lie readily iwi.

erstood that 'by the described construction, the fastening menne l in place. and that neeeseary may lie iniiclly sieeinet to remove Ythe same it will' he. only 'to ve the bells l?.

T" and Ff, the loev lends contiinioin-.sly

from elle the shank 'i3 to the head lll. shown in Fie'. i

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s spending.; tn perponflic' l.' an tippe lll@ ` beveled edge in Aterminates short the rail flange.

the form shown in Fig. 6, of the head 14a, there belng a non-beveled orv perpendicular portion 13 above the bevel' and between the same and the head, the portion 13t bei g height corresponding to the thicknessN of The construction in Fig. 6 is designed to give an ample thickness of material, and'therefore ample strength to the shank to the head 14, While at the Same time providing ,the necessary beveled edge to be engaged by the corre- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent: 1

A1. In rail-fastening means, rail-engaging heads and shanks that taper A spending bevel of the socket 15a.

1e said sockets tapering 'upwardly to conorm to the shape of the shanks.

2. The combination with a. channel tie, of blocks therein tg sustain railway rails, railengaging devices comprising heads and tal pered Shanks, .clamps attachable to opposite sides of thetle and formed with tapered socketsto receive the said tapered Shanks, and transverse bolts passing said .el amps and transversely at opposite sides of the said blocks.

3. In rail-i"astening means, rail-engaging devices comprising heads and Shanks ta` pered in an upward direction, securable to the tie and formed With sockets to engage thesaidltapered Shanks.

4. ln Mffastening devices comprising heads and shanksfthe said Shanks having. inner perpendicular edges and outer beveled edges, the perpendicular edges being adapted to lie flat against the sides of a. tie,vand clamps secur able to the tie and having sockets presenting outer Walls tapered to correspond with the f beveled edges of the said shanks.

In testimony whereofI I have Vsigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENR7 A. BERQUIST.

.Witnesses FRITHIOF A. CARLBERG, LCHER W. CARLBERG.

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